Push ups and sit ups?

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bindaerice

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HI~!! some questions to ask~

i never ever excercised my muscle and began few weeks ago.

Now I know that I'm weak but I would like to improve very much.

I can't do a single push up... I fall down easily and ppl i know told me that my chest has to reach close to the ground. I can't even do that...

I feel really embarrased but I need to start somewhere... So what should I do? How should I begin push ups?

Oh and how many sit ups should I do? I am 182 lbs, 5'11", 19 yrs old and have ummm quite a belly.

Thank you for helping giving tips ;)
 
first of all - PRACTICE. practice makes perfect, and once you get the feel for the pushup, youll be able to do more. Keep your arms parallel and shoulder width apart. Also, Maybe start benching, thatll help you a lot as well. As for situps - dont do situps do crunches. Are you doing situps to get a 6 pack? whats your bodyfat %? What are your goals with pushups and situps?

More info before i can give better advice.
 
Thank you for giving me advices. I am truly greatful.

Yes I do want to have 6 pack, but my current body fat is 25.43%. My goal for doing crunches and push up is to have good muscle foundation. I have a huge complexity with my belly and my arms. Also I would like to build strenght.

I heard from my friend that there are two types of mucles. One is small but compacted definite muscle, the other is big blowen balloon mascle. (for arm)

I would like to have the compacted definite muscle first and then build up from there.
 
Never heard of them 2 types of muscle.
You can't do a single pushup? Thats hard to believe. Unless your weight is above 200.

You should start out at home for a month. Doing pushups on your knees, squats with a broomstick, situps, and dips for extra.

Then next month get to a gym. Basic movements bench, squat, deadlift etc..
EASE into it. MAKE SURE you don't overtrain. and remember drink alot of water.
 
bindaerice said:
Thank you for giving me advices. I am truly greatful.

Yes I do want to have 6 pack, but my current body fat is 25.43%. My goal for doing crunches and push up is to have good muscle foundation. I have a huge complexity with my belly and my arms. Also I would like to build strenght.

I heard from my friend that there are two types of mucles. One is small but compacted definite muscle, the other is big blowen balloon mascle. (for arm)

I would like to have the compacted definite muscle first and then build up from there.
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Ok. Basically, your going to need to start running, thats the only way to drop your body fat % and lean you out for the "ripped" muscle that you want. Thats what its really called for the '2 types of muscle' ripped and bulked. Anyways, try to get some cardio in. Ah, and yes, start doing some pushups on your knees, that will help you get up there slowly. Please, dont even think about the "fat burner" supplements as an easy way out. I'm not saying you would or would need to or anything, just advising you not to do it. They dont work and are harmful. Though things you might want to pick up as your training becomes more serious - Protein powder for the extra protein you may lack in your diet, and maybe creatine for a more intense workout performance.

Another thing, you need and have to clean up your diet. Eat 5-6 small meals, and try to cut down on calories. Drink lots of water and water and supply your body with its needs. I also suggest you dont weight train until you have a feel for the basics. Give it a few weeks before you go to a gym.

Good luck! :)
 
The higher your hands are from your feet, the easier the push up... Like doing a wall push up standing on your feet is easy, but standing on your hands is super challenging...

Use and calculate your RMR, subtract 500 calories... That's how you should be having per day, but like SeP said, make them 4-6 smaller meals...

Start doing bodyweight exercises, Lunges, Squats, Dips, Bridges, Push-Ups, Planks, Crunches, etc... 3-4 days a week, about 3 sets of 12-15 reps

Also like SeP said, need cardio... Bike, rollerblade, something... but best would be if you had access to a treatmill or elliptical or even just outside... go at a "brisk walk" pace for about 2 minutes, then "Run Fast" for :30 seconds, and then "Jog" for 1:30, and then switch back and forth between :30 and 1:30 for 20+ minutes...
 
Champr23 said:
Never heard of them 2 types of muscle.
You can't do a single pushup? Thats hard to believe. Unless your weight is above 200.

You should start out at home for a month. Doing pushups on your knees, squats with a broomstick, situps, and dips for extra.

Then next month get to a gym. Basic movements bench, squat, deadlift etc..
EASE into it. MAKE SURE you don't overtrain. and remember drink alot of water.
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My weight is 222lbs and I can do 30 pushups straight. Anyway what are the differences between situps and crunches?
 
Crunch is the first 45 degrees of a Sit-Up... The crunch is "trunk flexion" working the abdominals... the rest of the 45 degrees is known as "hip flexion" working the hip flexors...
 
Thank all of you guys for giving me info.

Yes, as hard to believe, I can't do a single Proper push ups (chest being near the floor).

I go to gym and this is what i do

1. tredmill for 5mph and do 20 min. (220.15kcal approx)
2. I do hummmm "bench" I think for 20 each side (is that 40?) for 10 sets of 3
3. Then I do gym equipments (are these Cable machines?) for mostly legs (my weight for most of these are 50-90)
4. then I do another running at the tredmill for 5mph and do 20 min.
5. After that, I swim (10 laps)

I just started this beginning of october and do this about 3-5 times a week.

now this is what i do in gym... But at home, I don't have these fancy things ^_^;; so I would like to do proper push ups and sit ups.

I read all of the advices and looked into the knee push ups... do those work? How many do i have to do and does my chest have to be near the floor??

And for sit ups... should I put my leg up at a stool or chair and do them? Because I've been doing 5 sets of 10 while putting my legs on the chair.

I think water "EVERY" day I'm a water freak. I drink the 1 gal water in 2 days.

I try to eat little. In the morning, I eat Cereal. During afternoon, I eat the highschool lunch (200~400kcal). And since I'm Korean, I eat rice every dinner (with vegggies, meat, ect.)

that's all I guess
 
what your best doing, wen you go gym use rowing machine for say 10minutes get warmed up, strech off, hit the weight etc do what you do,then do cardio i.e (my cardio is 2mile run in 12-14mins garrentee - 5mile on bike 14mins and the cross runner for like 10 mins all these burn off around 700-800 calories) becasue it gets rid of the latric acids in ur muscles after a work out, after cardio do sit ups because after cardio sit up have the most effect - do say sit ups, den press ups, i have gone very good at press ups and can to loads in 1 go, but i only got good by doing weights getting stronger, a good machine for getting good at push ups is the shoulder press machine(i find this machine quite difficult and if you can mange that on a good weight you should have no trouble doing pushups

ciao
 
actually your friend is absolutely right. the "ripped" muscle is myofibrillar hypertrophy. it is much more tense and a common side effect of athletes because athletes train for strenght. in order to get stronger you need to learn how to tense your muscles more, the more tension you apply, the more myofibrillar hypertrophy is produced. the other type, the balloon, is sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. sarcoplasmic fluid can make a muscle swell about 30%. this is the "pump" you feel after a highrep workout. it will make your muscles baggy and almost "fatty". your body fat percentage has nothing to do with how ur muscles look. I was once about 4% body fat, but on a high rep bench workout, my pecs were lean, but floppy until they got flexed.

high repetition workouts will make your muscle flabby not ripped (THATS RIGHT, I WENT THERE) because they produce sarcoplasmic hypertrohpy.

your friend is absolutely right and you should listen to him.

my advice to you, go to a stair case three times a day and do pushups where your hands are elevated so that they are easier. ideally, do five pushups each time, if you have to go to a higher step to make it easier then do so. make your sure you never feel that "pump". go to the stairs 5 days a week. after two weeks, drop down a step and see how you feel. try to drop down a step every two week. you will also want to drop some fat, buy "The Warrior Diet". This will make you lean like you wouldn't believe.

Ask your friend, who I now have total faith in, to write "strenght" training and cardio workout for you. Hit the weights 3 times a week for 6 weeks then go for 4 times a week. If you do hit the weights, disreguard the exercies I told you to do on the stairs.


good luck
 
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